0181486 - UFCH-W 20020156 RIV US eng J - Journal Article
Tureček, F. - Vivekananda, S. - Sadílek, M. - Polášek, Miroslav
Lactone Enols Are Stable in the Gas Phase but Highly Unstable in Solution.
Journal of the American Chemical Society. Roč. 124, - (2002), s. 13282-13289. ISSN 0002-7863. E-ISSN 1520-5126
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z4040901
Keywords : lactone enols * hydroxyoxol * gas phase
Subject RIV: CF - Physical ; Theoretical Chemistry
Impact factor: 6.201, year: 2002

2-hydroxyoxol-2-one the enol tautomer of .gamma.-butyrolactone, was generated in the gas phase as the first representative of the hitherto elusive class of lactone enols and shown by neutralization-reionization mass spectrometry to be remarkably stable as an isolated species. The acid base properties of lactone enols point to their high reactivity in protic solvents and explain why no lactone enols have been detected thus far in solution studies.
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